Long COVID and Post-Viral Syndromes Research!
Long COVID and post-viral syndromes represent an emerging and complex spectrum of chronic, multisystem conditions that arise following acute viral infections and persist for months or years beyond initial recovery, fundamentally challenging traditional models of infectious disease resolution and recovery, as research into Long COVID —also referred to as post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC)—has rapidly expanded to encompass epidemiology, immunology, neurology, cardiology, pulmonology, endocrinology, psychiatry, and health systems science, revealing that a substantial proportion of individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2 experience persistent symptoms such as fatigue, post-exertional malaise, dyspnea, cognitive dysfunction or “brain fog,” autonomic instability, sleep disturbances, chronic pain, gastrointestinal dysregulation, anxiety, depression, and cardiovascular abnormalities regardless of the severity of the initial infection, thereby mirroring and revitalizing ...